# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at Republic Services
> OSHA SIR `2024021814` · 2/28/2024 · CANON CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats  except confined space
- **Secondary source:** Garbage trucks
## Employer
- **Name:** Republic Services
- **Location:** 2100 Forge Rd, CANON CITY, COLORADO, 81212
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was moving a waste dumpster with another employee to position it at a vehicle for dumping when the injured employee's right hand was caught between with the container and the vehicle. The tip of the employee's little finger was crushed, resulting in medical amputation of the fingertip without bone loss.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*